IMAGE RESIZING

How do you resize your images? After spending so much time creating your work and following all post-production procedures, now you’re stuck with framing and resizing your images to the perfect and acceptable standard. Editing software have tools that you can make use of to edit and resize and reframe your images.

THERE ARE STEPS TO FOLLOW 

Lightroom CC Image Resizing Process

If you use the cloud version of Lightroom called “Lightroom CC” on your computer or your mobile device, the image resizing process is going to be different.

 

Select an image or multiple images you want to export out of Lightroom CC, then either go to File->Export or press SHIFT+E on your keyboard. The export window will come up that looks like this:

Lightroom CC Export Window

As you can see, the export window looks very different from the one in Lightroom Classic CC. The window is much more simplified and you only have a few settings to choose from.

On the right side, you will see a “Preset” drop-down with simple presets that set particular export sizes like “Export JPG (Small)”, “Export JPG (Large)” and “Export Original”. Don’t worry about these presets, since they don’t show the exact resolution and might change over time. Instead, go through each setting individually.

Under “File Type”, make sure to select “JPG”:

Lightroom CC Export Settings

Set “Dimensions” to “Custom”, which will reveal an additional setting below where you can enter the Long Side of the image. Set “Quality” to something like 80%, but feel free to change this to a different setting, depending on your requirements. For web use, 80% is plenty, but if you need to print an image, I would recommend setting it to 100%. Leave “Include Watermark” unchecked, unless you want to add your watermark to the exported image(s).

Click the “More Options” drop-down to reveal more settings. To exclude all the camera and Lightroom settings, as well as your GPS location, make sure to select “Copyright Only”. Under “File Naming”, set it to “Original” to preserve the original file name:

Lightroom CC More Options

The most important setting here is “Output Sharpening”. To make sure that your image is properly sharpened, make sure to set “Output Sharpening” to “Screen”, with the amount set to “High”. If you find the exported image looking too sharp for your taste, you can lower it here.

Lastly, set the “Color Space” to “sRGB”.

Click the “Export Photo(s)” button on the top right of the window to export the selected image(s). Lightroom CC will prompt where you want these images saved, so you can choose your export folder.

That’s all there is to it.

Source:

https://photographylife.com/how-to-properly-resize-images-in-lightroom/amp